Just back from a week on the Costa del Sol so not happy, it's cold! Bright blue skies replaced by murky grey.

Some interesting gardens, one in the beautiful old town at Ronda at the Casa del Rey Moro. The house was actually never the home of the Moorish King. It was built in the 18th Century, when Moorish Spain was already a distant memory. Its apparently Moorish gardens (see picture) are even more recent, having been designed by the French landscape gardener, Jean Claude Forestier, in 1912. But it is typical of southern spanish gardens and reminded me of the Alhambra, albeit on a much, much smaller scale. Certainly the atmosphere of peace and calm order makes it a good place to be if you need a gentle space in which to reflect.

Cordoba was also a joy - plans to explore this part of Spain again more thoroughly have begun!